---
name: "Rudolph Sternad"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rudolph-sternad"
fi1m_id: "rudolph-sternad"
imdb_id: "nm0827889"
tmdb_id: 4085
wikidata_id: "Q2174492"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "6 October 1906"
died: "23 April 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-20T03:17:53.392976+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rudolph Sternad

## Identity

Rudolph Sternad

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rudolph-sternad
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rudolph-sternad
- **IMDb ID:** nm0827889
- **TMDB ID:** 4085
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2174492
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_Sternad, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2174492, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827889/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4085

Production designer. Born 6 October 1906 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. Died 23 April 1963.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 6 October 1906, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 23 April 1963
- **Active:** 1938–1961
- **Frequently works with:** [Stanley Kramer](https://film.one/person/stanley-kramer.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 3 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 64 (1), 1940s 82 (1), 1950s 79 (3), 1960s 82 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 76 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, History 2, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $42m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_Sternad, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2174492, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827889/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4085

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Judgment at Nuremberg*](https://film.one/film/judgment-at-nuremberg.md) (82), [*The Caine Mutiny*](https://film.one/film/the-caine-mutiny.md) (76)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Defiant Ones*](https://film.one/film/the-defiant-ones.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Rudolph Sternad (6 October 1906 – 23 April 1963) was an American art director and production designer. He worked on more than seventy films, beginning in the 1930s.

Sternad was a frequent collaborator with producer-director Stanley Kramer. He contributed to many of Kramer's productions, including *High Noon* (1952), *The Caine Mutiny* (1954), *The Defiant Ones* (1958), *Inherit the Wind* (1960), *Judgment at Nuremberg* (1961) and *It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World* (1963).

He received three Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction, for *The Talk of the Town* (1942), *A Thousand and One Nights* (1945) and *Judgment at Nuremberg* (1961).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Judgment at Nuremberg* (1961), Fi1m 82, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/judgment-at-nuremberg.md)
- *The Defiant Ones* (1958), Fi1m 74, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-defiant-ones.md)
- *The Caine Mutiny* (1954), Fi1m 76, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-caine-mutiny.md)
- *High Noon* (1952), Fi1m 88, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/high-noon.md)
- *The More the Merrier* (1943), Fi1m 82, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/the-more-the-merrier.md)
- *In Old Chicago* (1938), Fi1m 64, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/in-old-chicago.md)

## Complete filmography (56)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Lady in a Cage* (1964), Production Design, Art Direction
- *It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World* (1963), Production Design
- *A Child Is Waiting* (1963), Production Design
- *Pressure Point* (1962), Production Design
- *Judgment at Nuremberg* (1961), Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/judgment-at-nuremberg.md)
- *Inherit the Wind* (1960), Production Design
- *On the Beach* (1959), Production Design
- *The Defiant Ones* (1958), Production Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-defiant-ones.md)
- *The Pride and the Passion* (1957), Production Design
- *The Caine Mutiny* (1954), Production Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-caine-mutiny.md)
- *The Wild One* (1953), Production Design
- *The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.* (1953), Production Design
- *The Juggler* (1953), Production Design
- *The Member of the Wedding* (1952), Production Design
- *Eight Iron Men* (1952), Production Design
- *The Happy Time* (1952), Production Design
- *The Four Poster* (1952), Production Design
- *High Noon* (1952), Production Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/high-noon.md)
- *The Sniper* (1952), Production Design
- *My Six Convicts* (1952), Production Design
- *Death of a Salesman* (1951), Production Design
- *The Scarf* (1951), Production Design
- *Cyrano de Bergerac* (1950), Production Design
- *Three Husbands* (1950), Production Design
- *The Men* (1950), Production Design
- *Davy Crockett, Indian Scout* (1950), as Art Direction
- *A Kiss for Corliss* (1949), Production Design
- *Home of the Brave* (1949), as Art Direction
- *Champion* (1949), Production Design
- *The Return of October* (1948), as Art Direction
- *Walk a Crooked Mile* (1948), as Art Direction
- *Port Said* (1948), as Art Direction
- *It Had to Be You* (1947), as Art Direction
- *Down to Earth* (1947), as Art Direction
- *Blondie's Holiday* (1947), as Art Direction
- *Dead Reckoning* (1946), as Art Direction
- *Over 21* (1945), as Art Direction
- *Tonight and Every Night* (1945), as Art Direction
- *First Comes Courage* (1943), Assistant Art Director
- *The More the Merrier* (1943), as Art Direction — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-more-the-merrier.md)
- *You Were Never Lovelier* (1942), Assistant Art Director
- *Our Wife* (1941), as Art Direction
- *Adam Had Four Sons* (1941), as Art Direction
- *Public Deb No. 1* (1940), as Art Direction
- *Young People* (1940), as Art Direction
- *Little Old New York* (1940), as Art Direction
- *Here I Am a Stranger* (1939), as Art Direction
- *Rose of Washington Square* (1939), as Art Direction
- *Tail Spin* (1939), as Art Direction
- *Suez* (1938), as Art Direction
- *In Old Chicago* (1938), as Art Direction — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/in-old-chicago.md)
- *Sally, Irene and Mary* (1938), as Art Direction
- *This Is My Affair* (1937), as Art Direction
- *Love Is News* (1937), as Art Direction
- *White Hunter* (1936), as Art Direction
- *A Message to Garcia* (1936), as Art Direction

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 3 nominated

- 1962: Best Art Direction, Black and White (nominated), for *Judgment at Nuremberg*
- 1946: Best Art Direction, Color (nominated), for *A Thousand and One Nights*
- 1943: Best Art Direction, Black and White (nominated), for *The Talk of the Town*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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